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noun
Tobacco, especially in the context of its early acquisition from Native Americans by the French.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical, rare
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noun
A member of the Iroquoian "tobacco people", or Tionontati, a First Nation located on the southwest edge of the Georgian Bay of Lake Huron, west of the Huron territory in Southern Ontario.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
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History
From French pétun, from Tupian.
From French pétun or English petun, an early name for tobacco, which the people grew and traded.
